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Abilene, Tex., 62, 73
abolitionism, 6, 175, 291
Aborigines’ Protection Society, 141, 175
Adley, Tappan, 228, 231, 236
Africa, 2, 5, 31, 33, 106, 115, 117–81, 318–19, 361
big-game hunting in, 301–2
Cape Coast of, 280–81
FRB in, 14, 38, 122–81, 185–93, 201–16, 220–21, 279–87, 291–303, 373–86
frontier regions of, 126–29, 150, 182
gold in, see gold, African
Guinea Coast of, 279
mineral wealth of, 118–20, 130, 144, 293–96, 308
Northern Territories in, 274, 279, 280
Southern, 4, 116, 118–20, 184, 193, 238, 292, 306, 307
tribes of, 4, 38, 119, 133–37, 140–50, 291, 297–98, 300–301
West, 280, 287–88, 300, 305
West Coast of, 273, 279
white settlers in, 133–36, 141, 175–76, 301
African Americans, 3
African horse sickness, 169
African Lands and Development Company, Ltd., 319
Afrikaans language, 247
Afrikaners, 124, 173, 271, 288
Agriculture Department, U.S., 338
Alamo, 167
Alaska, 224, 289, 305, 367
alcohol, 62–63, 84, 88
Ali, Hajj, 27–28
Alien in Our Midst, The (Grant, ed.), 366
Allan Quatermain (Haggard), 117
Alvord Mine, 113
American Revolution, 6
“American Viewpoint of the Greatness of Cecil John Rhodes, An” (Burnham), 219–20
Anglo-African Writers Club, 277
Anglo-Saxons, 123–24, 197
Antelope Valley, 109, 111
antiimmigration, 366, 370
anti-Semitism, 175, 366
Anti-Slavery Society, 175
ants, 170–71, 190
Apache Indians, 34, 41, 49, 68, 70–98, 134, 161, 241, 312, 335, 365
Anglo help and defense of, 85–86, 94–95
Aravaipa, 75
athletic strength and wilderness skills of, 71–72, 78–83, 394
bounties offered for scalps of, 73
brutality and sadism of, 74–75, 80, 87, 98
Chiricahua, 75, 88, 94, 96, 97
female, 74
FRB on, 74, 79, 98
male, 71–72, 78–83
nomadic life of, 73
Pinal, 75
raids and terrorism by, 4, 43–44, 46, 54–55, 59, 60, 72–84, 85–88, 96–98, 395–96
rival bands of, 73, 83, 85, 86
as scouts, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87–88, 90, 92–94, 96–98, 144
Tonto, 74–75, 84
U.S. campaigns against, 25, 37–39, 75–87, 94–98
U.S. removal policy against, 86
Western, 75
White Mountain, 75, 88
Apache Peaks, 87–88
Apache Trail, 100
Arizona, University of, 353
Arizona Silver Belt, 36, 56, 96
Arizona Territory, 25, 27–28, 32, 33–35, 37–38, 41–86, 183, 219, 364–65
cliff dwellings in, 138
discovery of gold and silver in, 77
1912 statehood of, 46, 114
Arkansas, 246
Arlington Manor, 277
Armstrong, Bonar, 208, 209–15, 314, 377–84, 386
Army, U.S., 54–55, 74, 75, 77, 82–84, 87, 94–96, 353
Apache battles with, 94
Apache warriors compared with, 79–80
Camel Corps of, 27–28
Cavalry of, 10, 72, 83–84
Ashanti, 274, 278–84, 295
Asians, 366
assegais, 144, 145, 205
Atkinson, Rod, 387, 391, 394, 400, 407, 408, 410
atomic bomb, 369
Austin, Alfred, 197
Australia, 248, 363, 378
Autry National Center, 364
Aztecs, 306
Bacatete Mountains, 331–32
Baden-Powell, Robert, 242, 362, 364, 368, 384
Boy Scouts founded by, 2, 210–11
fame of, 265–66
on FRB, 210
FRB and, 210–11, 247, 275–76, 385
Bain, Robert, 151–52, 154, 156, 158–59, 162, 164, 170–71
Bakersfield, Calif., 24
Bamangwato tribe, 149
Banda, King of, 284
Banda people, 284–85
Banko, 214
Barnato brothers, 307
Barnum, P. T., 104
Barotseland, 187
Barstow, Calif., 113
Bastille, 122
Basutoland, 257
Batoka tribe, 186, 188
Battleground Ridge, 94
bears, 91, 321
Bechuanaland, 193
Bechuanaland Exploration Company, 184
bedbugs, 234
Bedouins, 38, 41
Behan, John H., 62
Bekwai, King of, 284
Belingwe, 207
Belingwe Development Syndicate, 326–27
Bellamy, Edward, 115, 180, 370
Bellevue Hospital, 342
Belloc, Hilaire, 148
Bembezi, 211
Bembezi River, 148–49
Bent, Arthur, 248
Bent, James Theodore, 138
Bermuda, 338
Bible, 15, 142, 240
Big Dry Wash, Battle of, 94
bighorn sheep, 364–65
Bird Cage Theatre, 64, 393–94
Bisbee, Ariz., 46–47
Bishop, Harriet E., 10–11
Bishop, William H., 62
black Africans, 123–26, 130–31, 138, 170–74, 289
customs and social structure of, 301
drumming and singing of, 279, 281–82, 302
segregation and subjugation of, 124, 126, 288
Black and White, 265
Black Heart and White Heart: A Zulu Idyll (Haggard), 216
Black Mesa, 52, 102
Black Volta River, 286, 287
blackwater fever, 300
Blevins family, 45–46
Blick, Blanche, see Burnham, Blanche Blick
Blick, Grace, 180–81, 183, 186; see also Ingram, Grace Blick
Blick, Homer, 33, 185
Blick, James, 33, 103, 105, 109, 113, 186, 191–93, 198, 238
correspondence of Blanche Burnham and, 238–39, 300, 305
Blick, John, 180–81, 185, 186, 200, 205, 295, 298
FRB and, 279, 282–84, 287, 312, 317, 326, 337
gold prospecting of, 224, 226, 228, 231, 235, 237, 278–79, 282–84
Blick, Joseph J., 363
Blick, Judd, 185, 190, 205, 312, 317, 337
gold prospecting of, 224, 226, 228, 231, 235, 237, 278
Blick, Kate, 200, 298
Blick, Madge, 237, 278, 312
Blick, Phoebe, 33, 109, 113, 123, 191–93, 198, 204, 215
correspondence of Blanche Burnham and, 238–39, 277, 287, 288, 300, 305
Bloemfontein, 204, 244, 249–50, 256–57, 259, 261
Bloemfontein Waterworks, 257, 259
Blonde Marie, 63
Bloody Basin, 102
Boer Intelligence Department, 259–60
Boers, 4, 37, 41, 119, 129, 130–33, 134, 165, 170, 173–74, 193–97, 220, 238, 266–72, 275, 279, 289, 307, 376
concentration camp internment of, 288
fighting skills of, 240–41, 244–45, 247–48, 249, 262, 288
military flaws of, 249
natives oppressed by, 240, 249, 267
religious practice of, 270
toughness and self-reliance of, 248
Boer War, 39, 119, 132, 195, 238–79, 310, 338, 374
battles of, 241, 258–59, 262
Black Week in, 241–42, 245
Bloody Sunday in, 245
Boer casualties in, 241
Boer declaration of war in, 238
British Army in, 240–72, 288–89, 376
British casualties in, 241, 245, 259, 275, 289, 376
ending of, 289
foreign volunteers in, 248
FRB as Chief of Scouts in, 215, 239, 243–78, 338, 381
FRB as hero of, 276–78, 381
FRB’s capture and escape in, 258–62
Bonanza Creek, 230
Boone, Daniel, 15
Boone and Crockett Club, 220, 365, 366
Borrow, Henry, 159, 374
Boston Common, 260
Bourke, John Gregory, 71, 76–77, 97
bows and arrows, 286–87
Boy Scouts, 368
founding of, 2, 210–11
motto of, 211
uniform of, 210–11
Boy Scouts of Arizona, 364–65
Bradshaw Mountains, 102
British Army, 14, 144, 239, 283, 285, 296, 338, 347
in Boer War, 240–72, 288–89, 376
Cavalry of, 268
Field Intelligence Department (F.I.D.) of, 272
FRB on incompetence of, 275
FRB’s commissions in, 243, 272, 288
Guards Brigade of, 259
Remount Department of, 257
scouting corps proposed by FRB for, 275–76
tactical failures of, 240–42, 245, 275
British East Africa, 289, 290, 291–303, 305, 319, 338, 363
British East Africa Protectorate, 403
FRB’s expeditions to, 291–92, 296–303
British Empire, 118–19, 122, 130, 132–34, 140–41, 143, 168, 240, 280, 286, 288, 291–92
opposition to expansion in, 175
urbanization of, 210, 242
British South Africa Company (BSAC), 118–20, 128, 132–36, 140–41, 143, 145, 150, 166, 170, 172–77, 184, 186, 187, 192–93, 199–201, 214–15, 217–19, 231, 292, 308–9, 377
militia of, 196
native land and cattle seized by, 199, 200, 206, 219
Broadwood, Robert, 257–58, 265
Brocius, Curly Bill, 55, 57, 62
Bronx Zoo, 365
Broussard, Robert, 338, 339–40
Brown, Angeline Mitchell, 43–44
Brunckow’s cabin, 60
bubonic plague, 292
buffalo, 33, 121, 132, 248, 337, 340, 365
Bulawayo, 135, 143, 146–50, 162, 165, 171, 172, 176–82, 184–87, 189–93, 196, 199–208, 214, 216, 220–21, 238, 379
Government House in, 177
siege of, 203–5, 207, 350, 364
Bulawayo Chronicle, 214, 382
Bulawayo Club, 378, 380
Bulawayo Field Force, 215
Buller, Redvers, 239
Burbridge, S. L., 88, 90, 94
Burleigh, Bennett, 265
Burnham, Abner (great-grandfather), 6
Burnham, Blanche Blick (wife), 31, 126–27, 204–5, 265–66, 276–79, 288, 369
in Africa, 129–31, 134, 137–38, 143, 165–66, 170–74, 176–81, 190–93, 295–98, 300
character and personality of, 3, 134, 137–38, 171, 367
correspondence of FRB and, 111–14, 144, 150, 182–83, 187, 190, 204, 207, 216, 232–34, 236–37, 243–44, 256–57, 261–62, 265, 268, 270, 273, 279, 281, 285–86, 292, 294, 305, 308–10, 312–14, 316, 331–32, 347–51, 356–59
courtship and marriage of FRB and, 102–3, 105, 117
death and burial of, 367, 369
education of, 102
health concerns of, 357
loneliness and depression of, 123, 143, 165, 171, 178, 183, 191, 221, 265, 311, 312, 357
pregnancies and motherhood of, 108–10, 143, 172, 178–80, 224, 232
relationship of FRB and, 33, 39, 56, 102–3, 110–15, 117, 143, 150, 165–66, 171, 182–83, 191, 211, 215–16, 232–34, 239, 248–49, 278, 287, 289, 295–96, 302, 310, 316, 359, 367
servants of, 297–98
siblings of, 33, 109, 113, 179–80, 185–86, 205
social life of, 296–98, 310
teaching of, 106
Burnham, Bruce (son), 278
birth of, 232
childhood and adolescence of, 237–38, 265, 295–98, 302, 310–11
drowning of, 311, 336, 404
Burnham, Caroline (aunt), 6
Burnham, Constance, 352–53, 356
Burnham, Daniel, 121
Burnham, Edward (brother), 17
Burnham, Edwin Otway (father), 6–7, 11–17, 223
Christian values of, 13–15
death of, 21, 108
education of, 6
injuries and ill health of, 16–17, 19–20, 22
marksmanship of, 13–14
missionary work of, 6, 13
relationship of FRB and, 22, 54
Burnham, Frederick (grandfather), 6
Burnham, Frederick Russell, 1–4, 61, 85–111
as “the American scout,” 2, 3, 167, 259, 273, 370, 378, 382
ancestry of, 5–7, 56–57, 65, 269, 329, 370
boyhood and adolescence of, 1–2, 5, 7–17, 19–22, 25–31, 33–42, 105, 107, 117, 121, 303, 361, 367
character and personality of, 2–4, 181, 330, 370–71, 373–86, 409–10
chess playing of, 289
class resentment of, 316
conservationism of, 364–65, 370
death and burial of, 368, 369, 378
democratic idealism of, 141
as deputy sheriff, 99–100
distinctive blue eyes of, 52–53, 325
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) awarded to, 2–3, 288
drinking and smoking avoided by, 39, 63, 277
early drift and conflict of, 4, 33–43–45, 48, 53–57
education of, 29, 31, 260
endurance running of, 72, 94, 106
enemies and critics of, 66–68, 168, 215, 249, 373–86
exploration and adventure of, 2–3, 22, 25–26, 277
fame of, 149, 167, 181, 243, 254–55, 265, 273, 276–78, 289, 326, 335
financial concerns of, 111, 113, 197, 305–6, 310, 314–16, 318–19, 331–32, 353, 355–56
generosity of, 105, 198, 278, 353
hardship and hunger of, 42, 93–94
honors awarded to, 2–3, 166, 214, 272, 288
horsemanship of, 35–36, 37, 67, 226
hunting of, 25, 26–27, 35, 52, 129–30, 132, 141, 301, 320, 370
illnesses and depression of, 232–33, 253, 300, 346–47, 369
incidental jobs of, 22, 25–27, 52, 64–65, 99–100, 177–78, 308, 360, 363
income of, 100, 105, 178, 183, 184, 191, 237, 272, 291, 313–14, 322, 335, 361
injuries of, 269–73, 367
land and water investments of, 105–6, 108–11, 113, 115, 126, 169–70, 179, 237, 278, 289, 337, 363–64, 369
legal will and final instructions of, 134, 197–98
marksmanship of, 13–14, 48–50, 52, 64, 102, 132, 321
memoirs of, 4, 5, 16, 29–30, 34, 48, 51–52, 56, 113, 177, 192, 202, 207, 211, 213, 248, 254, 281–82, 288, 293, 294, 300, 301, 326, 342–43, 354, 362–63, 368
mentors of, 35–41, 56–57, 65–67, 94, 100
military interests and study of, 26
mine engineering studied by, 115
moral and social values of, 3–4, 16, 44, 55–57, 99, 330, 370
narrow escapes of, 2, 37, 53, 66–72, 92–93, 112, 250–52, 259–62, 263, 265, 268–72, 367
old age of, 340, 362–69
optimism and resilience of, 3, 111, 122, 150, 233, 244, 257, 280, 307, 312, 326, 339, 345, 355, 371
orange grove bought by, 105–6, 108–9, 111, 115, 198
physical appearance and stature of, 52–53, 88, 137, 259, 288, 325, 368
political views of, 366, 370
press coverage of, 265, 276, 277, 287–88
racial bias of, 3–4, 123–25, 138, 174, 366
religious beliefs of, 197, 198–99
restlessness and impatience of, 3, 5, 30–31, 101, 108–9, 112–13, 115, 182, 238–39, 244, 262, 278, 287, 289, 305, 316, 369
self-image of, 3, 5, 303
siblings of, 17, 21–22, 29, 102
social life of, 276–78, 326, 370
Spanish speaking of, 115, 309
Stetson hat and neckerchief of, 210–11, 258–59
survival skills of, 36, 91–92, 99, 100
teenage “secret societies,” pranks and mischief of, 30–31
tracking skills of, 35, 36–37, 211–12, 243–44, 250, 253–54, 257
wealth of, 3, 184, 186, 363–64
woodcraft of, 2, 16, 35, 210, 243, 248
youthful reading of, 15–16, 26, 117–18
Burnham, Gayle Cranney (daughter-in-law), 368–69
Burnham, Harriet (aunt), 6
Burnham, Harriet (grandmother), 6
Burnham, Ilo Willits (second wife), 368–69, 408
Burnham, Isabel Harrah (daughter-in-law), 316, 363, 368
Burnham, Mary (sister), 17
Burnham, Mather Howard (brother), 17, 21–22, 29, 105–6, 193, 317, 355–56, 364
death of, 352–53, 355
education of, 102
marriage of, 190–91
prospecting and assaying of, 108–10, 179
relationship of FRB and, 107–11, 210–11, 313–14, 334, 346, 352–53
as a spy, 108, 352
wooden leg of, 108
Burnham, Nada (daughter), 208
birth of, 178–79
childhood of, 180, 190, 193, 198, 203–4
illness and death of, 204–5, 211, 213, 215–16, 350, 386
memories of, 208, 211, 215–16, 221, 268, 339
Burnham, Rebecca Russell (mother), 1–2, 3, 6–7, 11–13, 56, 171, 191, 193, 198, 223, 265, 278–79, 296–97
childhood of, 5, 114
death of, 305, 311
escape from the Indians by, 1–2, 5
liberal spirit of, 14–15
marriage and motherhood of, 6, 17, 21–22
relationship and correspondence of FRB and, 14, 22, 29, 102, 105, 121–22, 129, 134, 141–43, 167, 186–87, 190, 202, 221, 261, 278, 287, 302, 305
widowhood of, 21–22
Burnham, Roderick (son), 221, 278, 314, 316, 364, 402
birth of, 109
childhood and adolescence of, 110–11, 114, 128–30, 134, 143, 150, 166, 170, 172, 176–78, 183, 190–91, 193, 197–98, 205, 208, 237–38, 256, 265–66, 295
death of, 392
education of, 190–91, 296, 353
FRB’s plans for, 197–98, 296, 305
inheritance of, 368
marriages of, 316, 363, 368–69
relationship and correspondence of FRB and, 205, 233, 313, 361
World War I service of, 352, 353
Burnham, Thomas, 5–6
Burnham Exploration, 357–59, 361
Burns, Robert, 259
burros, 126–28, 129, 132, 190
Burton, Richard, 259
Bushmen, 189, 260
Butler, Lady, 375
Cabeza Borago, 69, 72
Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, 365, 368
cactus, 101, 354
cholla, 71, 72
mescal, 38–39, 84
Caesar, Julius, 260
Cairo, 119, 185
California, 17–29, 18, 24, 28, 29, 31, 51, 54, 59, 100, 105, 108, 122, 130, 192, 198
Burnham family in, 17, 19–22, 107–11, 120, 216, 218, 221
federal land grants in, 109
Fresno County, 26
gold rush in, 73
legislature of, 26
Southern, 21, 108, 182, 346
Spanish and Mexican character of, 19–21
Spanish land grants in, 21
water and land disputes in, 21
California, University of, at Berkeley, 305
California Institute of Technology, 324
California Limited train, 346
California Park Commission, 364
Call of the Wild, The (London), 225
camels, 27–28
Camp Apache, 84
Camp Bowie, 56
Camp Cady, 113
Camp Content, 235
Camp Grant, 75–78
Indian massacre at, 76–77
Camp Verde, 84
Canada, 108–9, 184, 225, 227, 248, 292, 361
Cape Town, 142, 143, 181–83, 186, 191, 201, 221, 243–44, 273
capitalism, 115, 370
Caralambo, Giorgios “Greek George,” 27, 28, 360
carbonate of soda (sodium carbonate), 293–96, 319
Carlsbad Caverns, 368
Carlyle, Thomas, 281
Carmichael, J. G. H., 306, 308
Carnegie, Andrew, 316
Carnegie Steel Company Homeland Works, 316
Carranza, Venustiano, 334, 351
Carrington, Frederick, 207, 209–11, 215–17, 239, 384, 386
Carruthers, John, 373–74
Carson, Kit, 15, 35
Casa Grande, 100–101, 103–4
Catalina Island, 364
cattle, 130, 137, 140, 144, 152, 153, 165, 186, 200, 201, 252–53, 301, 339
rustling of, 44–45, 46, 55, 97, 135
Cerro Gordo mines, 23–25
Chamberlain, Joseph, 196, 218
“Charge of the Light Brigade, The” (Tennyson), 375
Chartered Co., 139, 141
Chatto, 68, 72, 86, 94, 96
Cheechako Hill, 230
cheechakos, 228, 230, 234–35
Cheetham, J. H., 281
Cherry Creek, 94
Cheyenne, S.Dak., 327, 340
Chicago, Ill., 112, 121
Chicago World’s fair of 1893, 121
Chilkoot Pass, 225, 226
Chilson, Richard, 103, 104–5
China, 273, 309–11, 363
Chippewa Indians, 9
cholera, 259
Christianity, 6, 8, 13–15, 96, 141–42, 259, 349
Christmas Gift gold mine, 105
Chuckawalla Desert, 346
Churchill, Winston, 2, 3, 124, 195, 314, 364
FRB and, 275
Cibecue Creek, 54, 72, 86, 94
City of Seattle, 239
Civil Rights Commission, U.S., 220
Civil War, U.S., 7, 8, 27, 103–4, 146
Clantons, 62, 64
Clark, Charles Jefferson, 102
Clark, William, 102
Clinton, Iowa, 29–31, 33, 102
Clinton Herald, 56
Clum, John, 85–86
coal, 184–85, 187, 190, 236, 293
Coast Concessions Ordinance of 1900, 280
Cochise, 68
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 5, 29, 114, 121, 364
Coghlan, John, 373–74
Colenbrander, Johan, 153–54, 218, 340, 355
Colenso, Battle of, 241, 242, 245
Collier’s, 320
colonialism, 126, 134, 175–76
Colorado, 30, 61, 63, 111, 112
Colorado River, 27
Colosseum, 122
Colvig, J. L., 88
Colyer, Vincent, 77–78
Comstock Lode, 24
Conant, Carlos, 321–22
Confederate Army, 6, 246
Confederate States of America, 103–4
Congregationalism, 6
Congress, U.S., 7, 11, 27, 317, 352; see also House of Representatives, U.S.
Connecticut, 5
Conrad, Joseph, 315
conservationism, 310, 337, 364–65, 370
Consolidated Gold Fields, 118
Cooper, Gary, 363
Coors beer, 63
copper, 184–86, 190, 236–37, 346
mining of, 313–15, 317, 318
Cottage City, 233
cougars, 43, 110
coyotes, 91
Crater Lake, 321
Craven, Frank de Trafford, 342
Crewe, P. D., 379
Crockett, Davy, 15, 167
crocodiles, 132, 172, 187, 188, 246, 292
Cronje, Piet, 244–45, 247, 257
Crook, George, 55, 94–97
Apache campaign of, 25, 37, 38, 71, 77–86
Crusaders, 142
Crystal Palace, 266
Cuba, 220, 333
Cushman, Pauline, 103–4, 397
Custer, George Armstrong, 73, 167
Cyrus the Great, 26
Dagara, 286–87
Daggs, P.P., 47, 48
Daggs brothers, 45, 47, 48
Daily Mail (London), 265, 288
Daily Telegraph (London), 265
Dakota Sioux Indians, 5, 7–12
expulsion of, 11–12
mass execution of, 11
Dakota Territory, 12
Dakota War of 1862, 7–12
Indian atrocities of, 8–9, 10
Sioux surrender in, 9
trials and executions stemming from, 10–11
white militias in, 9
white vengeance in, 10–12
Dakota War Whoop (Bishop), 10–11
Daniel, William, 153
Davenport Gazette, 56
Davis, Cecil Clark, 243
Davis, Edmund, 184, 310
Davis, Jefferson, 27, 103
Davis, Richard Harding, 2, 54, 243–44, 252–54, 260, 314, 320, 364
Dawson, 224, 226–36, 238
living conditions in, 228–30, 236
shifting population of, 227, 230, 236
Deacon, Thomas, 293–94
Dead Horse Gulch, 226
Deadwood, S.Dak., 62, 73
Death Valley, 108, 110, 295, 346
De Beers diamond cartel, 118, 129, 181
de Bertodano, Frederick Ramón, 378–82
deer, 92, 102
Delaware, 365
democracy, 115, 334, 347, 349
Democratic Party, 109, 352
Denali National Park, 365
Denver, Colo., 112, 340
de Wet, Christiaan, 258
diamond mines, 118, 129, 181, 195, 241, 307
Díaz, Porfirio, 311–12, 321–22, 324–27
Dodge City, Kans., 62, 73
Doheny, Edward, 360
Dominguez Hill, 360–61
Dominion Creek, 230
Doré, James, 186, 191, 197
Doubleday, Page and Company, 362
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 245
Dripping Springs Mountains, 66–67
Dunottar Castle, 273–76, 364
Duquesne, Frederick “Fritz” Joubert “Black Panther,” 338–43, 364, 406–7
aliases and disguises of, 341, 342
arrests and imprisonments of, 338, 341–43
death of, 343
FRB and, 338–40, 342–43
as a German spy, 341, 342
prison escapes of, 338, 343
Duquesne Spy Ring, 342
Durban, 126–28
Dutch Reformed Church, 95
Dyea, 224–25
dysentery, 228, 259
Earp, Virgil, 35, 62, 64
Earp, Wyatt, 35, 62, 63, 64, 100
East Africa Syndicate, 291, 294–97, 299, 309–10, 404
Edward VII, King of England, 2–3, 286, 288, 293
Egypt, 119, 122, 244
Eldorado Creek, 230, 235, 236
elephants, 301
Elias, Jesús Maria, 76
Elissa: The Doom of Zimbabwe (Haggard), 216
El Paso, Tex., 68, 324–26
El Pueblo, see Los Angeles, Calif.
Emmerson, Peter, 374–75, 381–82, 385
England, 1, 5, 6, 08, 122, 133, 141, 143, 181, 187, 192, 215–16, 231, 302, 348
English language, 9, 28, 279, 297
Entebbe, 293
Episcopal Church, 8, 10
Esperanza, 322
Esperanza Stone, 324
Everett, Mary Nixon, 362, 368, 389
“Exeter Hall,” 175
Fairbairn, James, 149
Farrar, Geraldine, 348
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 342, 343
Federal Reserve System, 318
First Matabele War, 140–69, 175–76, 183–84, 186, 199, 202, 218, 238, 329, 364, 373
Flagstaff, Ariz., 45
Floreat Etona (Butler), 375
Florida, 97
Forbes, Patrick, 143, 148, 151–56, 158–59, 161–66, 374–75, 376, 399
Forest Service, U.S., 336
Fort Apache, 54
Fort Harare, see Fort Salisbury
Fort Huachuca, 59–60
Fort Mangwe, 382–83
Fort Ridgely, 9
Fort Salisbury, 120, 126, 128–29, 132, 135, 140, 143, 146, 172, 204, 207–8, 377–79
Fort Sumter, Confederate firing on, 6
Fort Victoria, 119–20, 133, 135–40, 142, 143, 146, 149, 150, 165–66, 169–70, 364
Fort Whipple, 34
France, 286, 352
Freiberg University, 307
Fremont, John C., 35
French, 125, 285
French, General, 265
French Hill, 230, 231, 234
French Revolution, The (Carlyle), 281
French West Africa, 286–87
Frick, Henry Clay, 316
Fripp, Charles Edwin, 383
Fronteras, 72
Fryer, Harriet Wood, see Cushman, Pauline
Fryer, Jeremiah, 103, 104
Gabriel, John Peter, 99
galena, 110
Gandhi, Mohandas K. “Mahatma,” 124
Garfield, James A., 104
George V, King of England, 210
Georgia, 144
German East Africa, 292, 355
Germans, 9, 19, 125
Germany, Imperial, 108, 126, 132, 190–91, 248, 268, 276, 309
in World War I, 334, 341, 347, 351–54
Germany, Nazi, 342, 366
Geronimo, 55, 68, 70, 72, 75, 86, 94, 96
Ghana, 278
Gifford, Lord Edric, 184, 231, 236–37
Gifford, Maurice, 183–84
Gila monsters, 43
Gila River, 75, 87, 92
Gilded Age, 121, 316
giraffes, 337, 340
Glacier National Park, 365
Globe, Ariz., 42–45, 48, 50–51, 53, 55–57, 64–67, 72, 88–91, 93, 95–96, 99–100, 114
silver mining in, 48, 103
Globe Rangers, 88
Gloucester, Mass., 356
“God Save the Queen,” 167
gold, 73, 139, 172, 237
African, 126, 129, 131, 138, 153, 166, 169, 184–85, 188, 190, 192, 195, 278–87
California, 73
discovery of, 77, 104–5, 223–24, 280
mining of, 34, 100, 105, 118, 126, 129, 232, 307, 309, 364
nuggets and dust of, 223, 229, 230, 231
prospecting for, 37, 41–42, 61, 100–105, 108–10, 113, 118, 120, 354
prospecting of FRB for, 41–42, 101–5, 108–10, 113, 138, 176, 181, 185, 190, 192, 224, 226–35, 236, 279–87, 344–47
“shed,” 284
Yukon, 221, 223–36, 278, 364
Gold Coast Colony, 274, 279–80, 285–87, 289
Gold Hill, 230
Goldman, Emma, 139
Goodfellow, George E., 47, 62
Gooding, William, 160, 373–74
“Good Work Done by Good Men: Horse Thieves Caught and Stock Recovered!,” 36
Goold-Adams, Hamilton James, 149–50
Goose Flats, 60–61
Gordon, Betsy, 48
Gordon, Tom, 48, 50
Gordon, William, 48–52
five daughters of, 48, 50, 66
Gordon Canyon, 44
Gordon family, 44, 48–52
FRB’s friendship with, 48–50
Gospels, 6, 142
Graham, Tom, 46–47
Graham family, 45–47, 51
Grand Canyon, 59
Grant, Madison, 365–66
Grant, Ulysses S., 75–78
Graphic (London), 383
Great American Desert, 27
Great Plains, 86
Great Rift Valley, 293–95
Great Salt Lake, 59
Great Zimbabwe, 138, 167, 172
Greek mythology, 15
Greeley, Horace, 13
Grenfell, Arthur M., 309, 311, 313, 317–18, 332
Grey, Lord, 209, 213–15, 309, 381, 386
Grey, Zane, 47–48
Griffith Park, 369
Grootbaum, Jan, 152
Guadalajara, 317
Guaymas, 68, 69, 330
Guesford, Jack, 109–11
Guggenheim, Meyer, 307
Guggenheim, Solomon, 307–8, 315
Guggenheim Exploration Company, 307–9, 312–14
Guggenheim family, 315, 330–31
Guggenheim Museum, 307
Guinea, 285
Gulf of California, 101, 323, 333
Gulf of Guinea, 279
Gwai River, 190
Gwelo, 170–72, 207, 220
Hackney, Aaron H., 56–57, 96, 99
Hagenbeck, Carl, 336
Haggard, H. Rider, 2, 117–18, 152, 179, 193, 206, 364
on FRB, 362
FRB and, 118, 167, 183, 205, 216, 277, 289, 306, 311, 404
Hamilton College, 6
Hammond, Harris, 330, 346–47, 355
Hammond, John Hays, 2, 194, 196, 306–9, 311, 313–15, 317, 320, 322–32, 334, 336, 362, 364
death of, 367
FRB and, 344, 355–58, 360–61, 367, 406
Hancock, Henry, 28
Hand, George, 63
Hannibal, 26
Hän people, 227
Harper’s, 62
Harriman, Edward H., 313, 315–16, 317, 321–23, 326, 364
Harriman, Roland, 321
Harte, Bret, 100
Hartford, Conn., 5–6
Hartley, E. C., 382–84
Hatfield–McCoy feud, 46
Hausa people, 283, 286
Hearst, William Randolph, 167
Heinze, F. Augustus, 318
Heinze, Otto, 318
Heith, John, 46–47, 62
Hemingway, Ernest, 363
Henry’s Lake, 365
Hensman, Howard, 384
Hepburn Act (1906), 317
Hinterlands, 279, 280–81, 283
hippopotamuses, 172, 187, 287, 339–40
History of Rhodesia, Compiled from Official Sources, A (Hensman), 384
Hitler, Adolf, 342, 366
Hodgson, Frederick, 283
Hohokam Indians, 106
Holder, Charles Frederick, 324
Hole, Hugh Marshall, 377–78, 379, 380–81, 385
Holliday, Doc, 63
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 366
Holmes (scout), 35–37, 39, 390–91
homophobia, 175
Horace, 353–54
horn spoons, 108, 312, 317
horse thieves, 26–27, 36, 44, 97, 99–100, 103
House of Representatives, U.S., Agriculture Committee of, 338, 339
“Howl for Cheap Mexican Labor, The” (Burnham), 366
Huachuca Mountains, 60
Huerta, Victoriano, 332
Humane Society of California, 340
Hume, James B., 58, 100
Hunker Creek, 230, 235
Hunter-Weston, Alymer Gould, 264–65, 268
Hwange Coal Field, 187
hyenas, 130, 172, 213, 299, 300
Idaho, 59, 108, 114
iKwelo, 170
Iliad (Homer), 260
Illinois, 11
Imbizo regiment, 148
Immigration Act of 1924, 366
Imperial British East Africa Company (IBEAC), 291–92
imperialism, 176, 240, 291, 370, 373
Imperial Valley, 322
impis, 144–45, 148, 385
Independence, Calif., 111
Independent, The, 337
India, 124, 210, 240, 242, 243, 309, 366
Indian Bureau, 85
Indian Ocean, 119, 122, 132, 268
Indian Office, 96
Indian Ring, 85–86, 95
indunas, 134, 166, 201, 217–18
Ingubo Regiment, 148, 216
Ingram, Grace Blick, 186, 190–93, 204, 205, 221
Ingram, Pete “Pearl,” 149, 150–52, 158–63, 165–66, 190, 373–74
gold prospecting of, 224, 236
Grace Blick and, 186, 191, 193, 204
partnership of FRB and, 169–71, 179–85, 191, 193, 197, 202–3, 236, 317, 326
Insiza Valley, 186
International Petroleum, 355–56
Interstate Commerce Commission, 317
Inyo Mountains, 23
Iowa, 6, 22, 29–31, 56, 102–3
Ireland, 248
Irene, 268
Iron Mine Hill, 143
iron ore, 23, 101, 113, 170
“iron rations,” 38
irrigation systems, 106
Irwin, W. N., 338
isiNdebele language, 155, 170
Italy, 292
jackals, 142
Jameson, Leander Starr “Doctor Jim,” 136–37, 140, 143, 145–46, 149–51, 165–66, 169, 172–73, 177–78, 193–94, 364
death of, 355
trial and sentence of, 196–97
Jameson Raid, 195–97, 214, 217, 237, 307, 309, 401
Japan, 20, 351
in World War II, 366
Japanese water hyacinths, 339
Jesus Christ, 14
Crucifixion of, 125
Jeune, Francis, 277
Jeune, Lady, 277
Jews, 175, 366
Jobani, 214, 378, 384, 401
Johannesburg, 118, 129–30, 137, 179–80, 193–96, 262, 266–67, 272, 358
gold boom in, 126, 129
population of, 129
Juarez, 324–25
Judd, William, 159, 374
Juh, 68, 86
Kaffir Exchange, 149–50, 194
Kafue River, 237
Kalahari Desert, 189
Kampala, 293
Kansas, 33
Kansas City, Mo., 112
Katanga, 188
Kentucky, 5
Kenya, see British East Africa Protectorate
Kettner, William, 109, 333
Khama, King of Bechuanaland, 149, 193
Kikuyu tribe, 300, 302
Kimberly, 220, 247
siege of, 241, 244
Kimberly mines, 118, 119–20, 195
King Solomon’s Mines (Haggard), 2, 117–18, 179
Kintampo, 284–85
Kipling, Rudyard, 131, 242, 259
on “the white man’s burden,” 4
Kitchener, Herbert, Lord, 244–45, 288, 339, 341, 364
Klamath Indians, 45
Klamath Lake, 321
Klondike, 2, 109, 225, 289, 350
gold rush in, 221, 223–36, 278, 364
routes to, 222
Klondike Nugget, 227
Klondike Stampede, The (Adley), 228
Knickerbocker Trust Company, 318
Kofa Wildlife Refuge, 365
Korn Spruit, 257, 259, 265
Kruger, Paul, 195–96, 240, 307
Krupp, Fritz, 121
Kumasi, 283–84
Labouchere, Henry, 175–76, 196, 206
La Brea tar pits, 360
La Caridad copper mine, 313–15, 317, 318
La Cuesta ranch, 351, 355, 364, 369
Ladysmith, 241, 257
Laing, Terry, 238
Lake Arrowhead, 358
Lake Bennett, 226–27
Lake Laberge, 234
Lake Magadi, 295, 298–99
Lake Roosevelt, 108
Lake Victoria, 292–93
Lampazos silver mine, 315
lead, 110, 129
Leadville, Colo., 73
Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary, 342–43
Lee, “Dead Eye,” 37–40
Lee, Hans, 214
Lendy, Captain, 136
leopards, 145, 292, 298
Lewanika, King, 187–88
lice, 234
Limpopo River, 118, 119, 130, 131–32
Lincoln, Abraham, 65, 104
Indians pardoned by, 10–11
lions, 128, 129, 130, 142, 145, 299, 301
Little Bighorn, Battle of, 73, 167
Little Crow, Chief, 8, 9, 12
“Little Englanders,” 175
Liverpool, 279
Livingstone, David, 26, 117
Lobengula, King, 119–20, 132, 133–37, 140–55, 157, 159–60, 162, 165–66, 172, 175–76, 179, 187, 201–2
death of, 166
defeat of, 193, 200
Loch, Henry, 143
Lodge, Henry Cabot, 356
London, 39, 120, 122, 168, 171, 181–83, 193, 195, 197, 204, 216, 219, 221, 231, 239, 243, 272, 276, 279, 287–89, 295, 310–11
London, Jack, 225
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 15
Looking Backward: 2000–1887 (Bellamy), 115
Lookout Hill, 356
Lord, Eliot, 320, 324, 340
Los Angeles, Calif., 19–25, 28, 68, 108, 112, 330, 360
Durand Drive mansion of FRB in, 363–64, 369
Elysian Park, 20
Hollywood Hills neighborhood of, 369
Hollywoodland sign in, 363
Playa del Rey, 20
Los Angeles Basin, 361
Los Angeles Daily News, 24
Los Angeles Evening Express, 232
Los Angeles River, 21
Louisiana, 338–39, 340, 358–59
Louisville, Ky., 103
Lourenço Marques, 268
Louvre Museum, 122
Lovat, Simon Joseph Fraser, Lord, 242
Lovat Scouts, 242
Lower Sioux Agency, 7–8
Lozi tribe, 187–88
Lusitania, RMS, 334, 347
Lynch, Billy, 163
lynching, 44, 46–47, 62, 106–7
Lynn Canal, 224
Maasai tribe, 38, 297–98, 300–303
Macomber, A. Kingsley, 185, 344, 346, 351
Madame Butterfly (Puccini), 348
Madero, Francisco, 327–28, 331–32
Mafeking, 201–2, 204, 275
siege of, 241, 265–66
Mahdist War, 184
Main, Andrew, 178
Mainly About People, 276
Makalaga tribe, 134, 213
Making of Rhodesia, The (Hole), 377, 385
malamute dogs, 235
malaria, 115, 163, 228
Mambo Hills, 216
manganese, 346, 354
Mangwe Pass, 150, 203, 207–9, 211–14, 377, 378, 380, 384
Mankato, Minn., 7, 10, 11, 16
Maoris, 242
Maricopa, Ariz., 100–101
Marines, U.S., 333
Martin, Richard, 214, 218
Mashonaland, 119–20, 126, 131, 133, 135–36, 138, 143, 167, 175, 194, 208, 363
Mashonas, see Shonas
Mashukulumbwe tribe, 188
Massachusetts, 102
Masterson, Bat, 62
Masvingo, 119–20
Matabeleland, 119, 131, 134–36, 140–44, 150–51, 165–66, 169–81, 185, 199, 213, 376, 384–85
drought and plagues in, 201
four white settlements in, 170–72, 207
FRB’s property in, 170–74, 176, 177, 179
natives sequestered in reservations in, 199, 200, 202
police force of, 193, 218
see also First Matabele War; Second Matabele War
Matabele Relief Force, 215
Matabeles, see Ndebeles
Matapos Hills, 150, 167, 208, 209, 216–17, 331, 370, 377, 380, 384
Mauch, Karl, 138
Maxim machine guns, 144, 145, 148, 151, 152, 154–55, 158–59, 162, 164, 176, 183, 207, 375, 376
Mayans, 324
McIntosh, Archie, 55
McKinley, William, assassination of, 296
McLeod, Neil, 65–69
coded messages carried by FRB for, 68–69, 72, 308
smuggling of, 65–66, 68, 308
Mesa, Ariz., 106, 108
Mesa Canal Company, 106
Methodist Episcopal Church, 31
Mexican Americans, 28–29
Mexican-American War, 20, 21, 25, 27, 74
Mexican Revolution, 327–32, 340, 356, 359
Mexicans, 4, 21, 23, 27
Mexican Southern Mining Syndicate, 309, 313–15
Mexico, 2, 4, 25, 26, 28, 34, 35, 44, 55, 59, 76, 86, 92, 100–102, 111, 311–17, 321–35
American settlers in, 328–33, 359
foreign investment in, 311–12, 315–16, 321–24, 326–27, 333
FRB in, 311–16, 322–27
Northern, 328
oil fields in, 356
poverty in, 311
smuggling in and out of, 65–66, 68, 308, 330
Sonora state in, 65, 69, 72, 73, 304, 312–15, 330, 334, 340
Southwest, 306–9
Spanish conquistadores in, 306, 321
U.S. relations with, 325–26, 328, 333–35, 359–60
Mexico City, 66, 323
Middle East, 27
Miles, Nelson A., 81
Miles Canyon, 227
Milford, Minn., 8–9
Mills, Darius Ogden, 315, 358, 361
Mina de Mexico silver mine, 315
Mineral Creek, 91, 93
mining engineers, 129, 305, 306, 313, 314, 317, 344, 353
Minnesota Territory, 2–17, 19, 22, 112, 117, 177, 202, 203, 219, 271, 329
missionaries, 6, 13, 142, 173, 187–88, 214, 283, 297
Mississippi River, 5, 29, 31, 246
Missouri, 33, 343
Mixed Claims Commission, 359–60
Mlimo (god), 201, 202, 208, 209
Mlimo (high priest), 208–15, 218
FRB’s assassination of, 213–15, 216, 314, 373, 377–86
Modder River, 244–47
Mogollon Rim, 42, 45, 47
Mojave Desert, 111, 113
monkeys, 130
Montana, 114
Montezuma, 306
Montezuma’s Daughter (Haggard), 306
Moore, Charles, 326
Morgan, J. P., 318, 330–31
Mormons, 106, 248
mosquitoes, 228, 281
mountain lions, 91
Mount Baden-Powell, 368
Mount Burnham, 368
Moustache, Madame, 63
Mozambique, 132
Muir, John, 337
Mulroony, Belinda, 229
Muslim Indians, 124
Muslims, 124, 283, 285
Myopia Hunt Club, 356
Myrick, Andrew J., 7–8
Nacozari de Garcia, 314
Nada the Lily (Haggard), 179
Nadeau, Remi, 25, 26
Naiche, 68, 72
Nairobi, 292, 294–98, 302
colonial social life in, 296–98
Naivasha, 298, 300–302
Napier, William, 153, 155–59, 161, 163, 166, 350
Natal, 173
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 248
Na-tio-tish, Chief, 88, 94
Native Americans, 20, 23, 40–41, 131, 145, 147, 150, 219, 275
bloody encounters between settlers and, 1–2, 4, 5, 6–12, 34, 35, 43–44, 46, 54–55, 72–77, 110, 114
Christian, 8, 11
early companionship of FRB and, 12, 16, 52
firearms of, 9
lands confiscated from, 3, 8, 77
missionary work among, 6
reservations established for, 6–7, 11–12, 54–55, 68, 72, 75, 77–78, 82, 84–86, 94–97, 114
shooting style of, 49, 50
U.S. treaties with, 7–8, 10, 11, 142
see also specific tribes
Ndebeles, 4, 119, 132, 133–37, 140, 141–42, 144–47, 149–50, 152–66, 170–75, 185–86, 199–209, 213, 216–20, 331, 364, 374–77, 384–85
police force of, 200–201, 202
religious beliefs of, 201, 202, 208, 209–11, 384
Rhodes’s appeasement of, 218–20
surrender of, 218–20
warrior culture and atrocities of, 134–35, 145, 179, 182–83, 188, 200, 202–3, 205–6, 211, 218–20
Nebraska, 12
Nevada, 24, 59, 65, 107
New England, 11, 223
New Era, 371
New Food Supply Society, 340, 341
New Mexico, 34, 35, 61, 73, 138, 346
New Orleans, La., 339
New York, N.Y., 6, 28, 112, 139, 216, 248, 306–8, 316, 341–42, 343, 347–48
Brooklyn, 341
corruption in, 220
New York City Police Department, 341–42
New York State, 6, 103, 248
New York Stock Exchange, 318
New York Times, 288, 362
New York World, 325
New Zealand, 292
Nietzsche, Friedrich, 334
nitroglycerin, 30
Njelele, 214, 377, 380, 384–85
Nogales, 68
Nome, Alaska, 236
Norris-Newman, Charles L., 376
North Dakota, 114
Northern Copper (B.S.A.) Company, 237
Northern Territories (B.S.A.) Exploring Company (NTE), 184, 236–37
Oberlin College, 6
Odyssey (Homer), 260
Ohio River, 6
oil, 307, 315–16, 355–61
prospecting of FRB for, 357–61
O.K. Corral, 64
Oklahoma, 33
O’Neill, William “Buckey,” 99
Ophir, 118, 127, 138
Oregon, 59, 321
O’Reilly, John, 373–75
Orozco, Pascual, 327
Oury, William S., 75–76
Owen, Wilfred, 353–54
Owens Lake, 23–25, 110
oxen, 126, 163, 201, 246, 260
Oxford University, 138, 276–77
Paardeberg, 244, 249–51
Pacific Ocean, 364, 369
pacifism, 334
Paderewsky, Ignacy, 253
Painted Desert, 34
Palapye, 202, 204
Palm Springs, Calif., 109
Panama, 115
Panic of 1893, 139
Panic of 1907, 318
Papago Indians, 76
Paris, 122, 129, 171, 191
Parker, Quannah, 73
Pasadena, Calif., 105, 107–9, 111, 126, 167, 205, 215–16, 224, 232, 248, 278, 295–96, 310, 311
San Rafael Heights, 305–6
Passing of the Great Race (Grant), 366
Patagonia, 115, 279, 287
patriotism, 334, 370, 376
Paul, Robert “Bob,” 99
Pelican Lodge, 321
Pershing, John J., 335
Peru, 26
Petrusburg, 249–51
Phoenicians, 138
Phoenix, Ariz., 55, 100, 106, 108
Pinal Mountains, 53, 56, 90–94
Pinal Peak, 92
Pinchot, Gifford, 336–37, 340
Pinkerton agents, 316
Pinto Creek, 90, 93
Plains Indians, 71, 78, 79
Pleasant Valley, 45–46, 51, 54–55
Pleasant Valley War, see Tonto Basin Feud
Pollock, A. W. A., 273
Portugal, 132
Portuguese, 123, 125, 130
Portuguese East Africa, 268
Preparedness Movement, 347
Prescott, Ariz., 33–35, 37, 45, 52, 99
Prescott, William H., 26
Prestage, Father, 214
Pretoria, 129, 196, 253, 262, 266–68, 271–73
notorious jail in, 259, 260, 275, 307
siege of, 271
Prior, Milton, 262
Prohibition, 39
prostitutes, 63–64
Pursuit of the King (O’Reilly), 374
Quakers, 10
quartz, 101, 109, 113, 120, 144, 188, 237
Quecchi language, 306
quinine, 173
Raaf, Johannes, 159, 165, 376–77
racism, 3–4, 45, 123–25, 174, 219, 279
“scientific,” 366
Ramsey, Alexander, 10
Rancho La Brea, 27, 28, 360
Rancho San Pedro, 360
Rand (Witwatersrand), 118–20, 129, 195, 266, 308, 344
Ranger, Terence, 379, 385
Ransford, Oliver, 373, 379
rape, 338
Real Soldiers of Fortune (Davis), 2, 243–44, 260, 314
Red Sea, 122
Republican Party, 352
Revolt in Southern Rhodesia, 1896–97 (Ranger), 379
rhinoceroses, 297, 299, 301
Rhode Island, 199
Rhodes, Cecil, 118–20, 124–25, 141, 149–50, 165–67, 178, 181, 186, 194–96, 199, 204, 207, 216–20, 308, 331, 398
African master plan of, 132–33, 136, 143, 177, 184–85, 193, 196, 370
in Boer War, 241
character and personality of, 125, 217, 220
criticism of, 175, 176, 196, 214
death of, 289
FRB awarded land grants by, 183–84
FRB on, 125, 133, 219–20
scholarships established by, 138
wealth of, 217, 307
Rhodes, Frank, 194
Rhodesia, 3, 153, 168, 180–81, 192–94, 196, 204, 210–11, 213, 215, 217–21, 259, 279, 289
black nationalism in, 373
British troops in, 217
police force of, 194
southern, 184
white nationalism in, 373
see also Zimbabwe
Rhodesia Herald, 376
Rhodesian National Archives, 373, 378, 380
Richardson, Davis, 322, 331, 334
Richardson brothers, 315, 360
rinderpest virus, 201, 202, 300–301
Ringo, Johnny, 62
Riverbend ranch, 351
Roberts, Frederick Sleigh, Lord, 215, 239, 277, 288, 329, 364, 402
in Boer War, 242–46, 249–51, 253–54, 256–57, 261–62, 266–68, 272, 275
death of, 355
Rockefeller, John D., 315–16, 318
Rocky Mountains, 16, 249
Rome, 122, 129
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 365, 366
Roosevelt, Theodore, 3, 16, 108, 123, 124, 320, 322, 329, 347–48, 350–53
big-game hunting of, 301, 338
conservationism of, 301, 337
death of, 355
FRB and, 2, 220, 227, 296, 327, 340, 348, 352
“man in the arena” quote of, 371
as New York Police Commissioner, 220
presidency of, 296, 317, 336
Rough Riders recruited by, 53, 227, 348, 350, 364
Rothschild family, 231
Royal Canadian Mounted Police, 226, 229–30
Royal Geographic Society, 281
Royal Navy, 341
Ruined Cities of Mashonaland, The (Bent), 138
Rulers of Rhodesia, The (Ransford), 373
Russell, Charles Edward (cousin), 248
Russell, Edward (uncle), 56
Russell, Josiah (uncle), 29, 56–57, 197–98, 246, 256, 272
Russell, Rebecca (grandmother), 6, 105
Russell, William (grandfather), 6, 105
Russia, 248
St. Bernard dogs, 234, 235
St. James’s Palace, 288
St. Louis, Mo., 112
St. Paul, Minn., 7, 8, 12
“Salome,” 106–7
Salt Lake City, Utah, 112, 296
Salt River, 42, 44, 50, 88, 90, 106
San Bernardino, Calif., 59
San Carlos reservation, 54–55, 68, 70, 72, 84–88, 95–97
Sandhurst, 296
San Diego, Calif., 109
San Fernando Valley, 363
San Francisco, Calif., 19, 24, 66, 104, 115, 307, 321
1906 earthquake in, 314
San Francisco Chronicle, 216
San Francisco Examiner, 167
San Gabriel Mountains, 24, 26, 109, 368
San Jacinto Mountains, 109
San Joaquin River, 332, 351
San Joaquin Valley, 26
Sanna’s Post, 257
Battle of, 258–59, 265
San Pedro, Calif., 19, 22, 24
San Pedro River, 75, 94
San Quentin prison, 26
Santa Barbara, Calif., 369
Santa Clara Valley, 369
Santa Monica, Calif., 22
Santa Monica Mountains, 364
Santa Ynez Mountains, 369
Saturday Review of Literature, 362
Sauer, Hans, 178
“Save the Bighorn” campaign, 365
Save the Redwoods League, 364
Schieffelin, Al, 60–61
Schieffelin, Ed, 59–61, 102
death and burial of, 61
physical appearance of, 59
silver discovery of, 60–61
Schieffelin Hall opera house, 61
Schurz, Carl, 96
Scientific American, 324
Scotland, 242
scouting, 31, 33
apprenticeship and training of FRB in, 35–41, 72, 93–94, 114
FRB on, 243–44, 247, 255
FRB’s African military experience in, 140–44, 146–54, 157–68, 210, 215, 239, 243–78, 338, 381
FRB’s early experience in, 55, 86–94, 99, 137
Scouting on Two Continents (Burnham), 4, 5, 16, 29–30, 48, 51–52, 56, 177, 192, 202, 207, 211, 213, 248, 254, 288, 354, 378, 380–82, 384–85
foreign translations of, 362
1975 Rhodesian edition of, 374–75, 381
publication of, 362–63, 368
reviews of, 362
scouts, 25–26, 29
Indian, 54, 70, 79, 81, 83, 84, 87–88, 90, 92–94, 96–98, 144
Medal of Honor awarded to, 84
as mentors of FRB, 35–41
military, 68, 72, 82, 139–50
mining, 353, 354
self-reliance and isolation of, 40–41
sense training and skills of, 35–41
Scout’s Reef, 170–74, 176, 181
Seattle, Wash., 223–24, 226
Second Matabele War, 195–96, 199–211, 214–21, 237–39, 373, 399
lives lost in, 219
Secret Agent, The (Conrad), 315
Secret Service, 325
Selous, Frederick Courteney, 117–18, 165, 188, 199, 205–7, 209, 215, 220, 355, 379, 384
Sequoia National Park, 337, 355, 364
Seven Cities of Cibola, 110
Shangani Patrol, 167–68, 204, 373–74, 376, 400
Shangani River, 144, 148, 152–54, 156, 158–63
Shashani River, 213, 377, 380
She (Haggard), 2
Sherman, William Tecumseh, 74, 144
Shonas, 4, 119, 133–37, 141–44, 199–200, 202, 208, 216, 220
massacre of, 133–36, 175
Shreveport, La., 358–59
Sibbet, H. A., 328–29, 330–31
Sieber, Al, 55, 82, 83, 94
Sierra Nevada Mountains, 346, 355
“Significance of the Frontier in American History, The” (Turner), 121
silver, 100, 101, 234, 283, 322, 346, 354
mining of, 23–25, 42, 48, 57–61, 77, 102, 109–11, 118, 315
Singer Jones sewing machines, 127, 137–38, 171
Sioux Indians, 1–2, 202
U.S. campaign against, 86
see also Dakota Sioux Indians
Sirrine, George M., 106, 108
Skagway, 224–25, 229, 231–36, 278
slavery, 284, 291, 312
sleeping sickness, 300
smallpox, 152, 166
Smith, Charlotte, 223
Smith, Jefferson Randolph “Soapy,” 225
snakes, 236, 299
socialism, 115, 180, 248, 370
Solomon, King, 118, 138
Sonora and Sinaloa Irrigation Company, 321–22
Sonoran Desert, 28
South Africa, 37, 117–20, 124, 134, 191, 238–64, 275–78, 279, 288, 325, 340, 346, 382
Cape Colony of, 143, 173, 196
Orange Free State in, 16, 196, 238, 244, 249–50, 257
Transvaal province of, 118, 140, 193, 195–97, 238, 307
Southampton, 243, 275–76
South Dakota, 114, 322
Southern Pacific Railroad, 313, 323
Southwest Museum of the American Indian, 364
Spain, 220
Spanish-American War, 227, 333
Spanish language, 19, 28, 115, 309
Speke, John Hanning, 259
Spreckley, J. A., 379
Staked Plains War, 73
Standard Oil Company, 315–16, 318, 344, 356, 360
Stanford University, 305
Stanley, Henry Morton, 117
steel, 316, 346
Steele, Sam, 229
Stembok (pony), 268–69
Stent, Vere, 217
Sterling, Albert D., 86–88, 395–96
Stinson, Jim, 45
Stoughton, Claude, 341
Sudan, 124, 184, 243, 244
Sudanese, 123
Suez Canal, 122
Sun (London), 265
Sunshine and Storm in Rhodesia (Selous), 206, 209, 215, 379
Supreme Court, U.S., 366
Switzerland, 122
Sykes, Frank W., 377, 379
Symbol of Sacrifice, The (film), 355
syphilis, 338
Tacoma, Wash., 232–33
Taft, William Howard, 324–26, 328–30, 340
Taking Chances (Burnham), 4, 281–82, 293, 294, 300, 301, 326, 342–43
publication of, 368, 369
Tanzania, see German East Africa
Taylor, George, 74–75
Taylor, Herbert J., 214, 378–81
Taylor, Zachary, 25
Tell, Will, 20
Tennessee, 103–4
Tennyson, Alfred, Lord, 375
Tewksbury, Edwin, 46–47
Tewksbury, John D., 45
Tewksbury family, 45–47, 50, 51, 55
Texas, 27, 33, 108, 324–25, 327, 340, 358, 361
Texas Rangers, 326
Thabas Induna, 146–47, 149
Thames River, 311
Thatcher, T. B., 100
Theodore Roosevelt Dam, 108
Theron, Daniel, 252, 253, 255, 338
Three Rivers, Calif., 337, 351, 369
Throop College of technology, 324
Tiffany, J. C., 95–96
Times (London), 167
Tip Top silver mine, 102
“To Build a Fire” (London), 225
Tombstone, Ariz., 35, 46–47, 55, 57–72, 97, 102, 354
Allen Street in, 58–59
Boot Hill cemetery in, 62
brothels and saloons in, 58, 62–63
business and commerce in, 58, 62–63
FRB in, 57, 62–63, 64–66
law enforcement in, 62
outlaws in, 64
population of, 58, 62
silver mines in, 57–61, 64–65
Tombstone Epitaph, 68
Tonto Basin, 42–48, 51, 55–57, 65, 84, 88, 94, 99, 106, 108
Tonto Basin Feud, 44–48, 50–54, 391–92
cattlemen vs. sheep men in, 44–48, 50–52
deaths in, 46–48, 50–52
families involved in, 45–47, 50–52
FRD’s involvement in, 48, 51–52, 53, 65–67, 106
To the Last Man (Grey), 47–48
transcontinental railroad, 17, 19
“Transplanting African Animals” (Burnham), 337, 338
Trappers’ League, 30
Truth, 175
tsetse flies, 180
tuberculosis, 21, 108, 190, 352
Tucson, Ariz., 59, 60, 63, 65, 67, 75–76, 99–101
tungsten, 346, 354
Ture, Samori, 285
Turk (horse), 90, 91, 93
Turner, Frederick Jackson, 121
typhoid, 228, 246, 259
U-boats, 334, 341
Uitlanders, 195–96
Union, 104
admission of states to, 46, 114
Union Army, 103
Union Pacific Railroad, 313, 317
Union Theological Seminary, 6
United Copper Company, 318
United States, 292, 307
barter and trade in, 12–13
deserts of, 27, 28, 65, 92, 100, 103, 106, 108, 111, 113
economic downturns and panics in, 115, 138–39, 318
farming and animal husbandry in, 12–13
FRB’s criticism of, 121–22, 126, 174, 370
FRB’s plan to import African game animals to, 336–41
frontier law and justice in, 46–47
frontier regions of, 1–2, 4–17, 34, 46, 73, 114, 121
gap between rich and poor in, 114–15, 139, 174
Indian “removal policy” of, 86
meat shortages in, 337–38
Mexican relations with, 325–26, 328, 333–35, 359–60
Midwestern, 29, 324
Northwestern, 108
population growth in, 337–38
social gatherings in, 13–14
Southwestern, 2, 4, 27, 31, 34, 98, 101, 128, 324
unemployment in, 139
Western, 2, 11–17, 27, 53, 59, 110–14, 120–21, 130, 132, 167, 179, 199, 346
westward expansion in, 337
Usher, William, 149
Van Cott, Maggie Newton, 30–31
Vásquez, Tiburcio, 390
capture and hanging of, 28–29, 56, 360
celebrity of, 28–29
criminal life of, 26–29, 52
Vauban, Marquis de, 26
Vavasseur, Robert, 146–48
Verdugo Mountains, 26
Victoria, Queen of England, 134, 141, 143, 187, 240, 257, 276
death of, 286
Victoria Falls, 187, 188–89
Victorian culture, 375
Victorio, 34, 86
Villa, Franciso “Pancho,” 327, 334–35
Villiers, Charles H., 309–10
“Virgin Mary,” 35
“Voortrekker, The” (Kipling), 131
vultures, 247, 300
Wa, 279, 284–87
Walker, William, 2, 314
Walsh, John, 293–94
War of 1812, 6
War of the Golden Stool, 283
Washington, 108, 114
Washington, D.C., 8, 96, 97, 121, 330, 340, 358
White House in, 296
Wa Syndicate, 279–80, 288, 291, 295
Watermeyer, Judge, 214–15, 377, 378–79
Weale, M. E., 376–77
Welfare Island, 343
Wells Fargo, 58, 100
Western Mexico Syndicate, 313, 316–18
Western Union Telegram, 22, 26, 349, 360, 363
West Point, U.S. Military Academy at, 83
whale hunting, 20
White Fang (London), 225
White Horse Rapids, 227, 235
White Pass, 225, 226
Whitney, Gertrude Vanderbilt, 308, 348
Whitney, Harry Payne, 307–8, 315, 322–23, 356, 358, 360–61, 407
Whitney, William C., 308
Whitney family, 326
Whitney Museum, 308
Wilbur, R. A., 85
Wild West shows, 121, 260, 327, 340
Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany, 195
Wilkie, John, 325
Willoughby, John, 199, 293
Wilson, Alan, 152, 154–63, 166–68, 364, 373–75
Wilson, James, 153
Wilson, Woodrow, 332–35, 347–48, 351–52, 356, 359–60
Wilson Patrol, 376
Winburg, 259–60
Winning of the West, The (Roosevelt), 123
witchcraft, 5–6
With Plumer in Matabeleland (Sykes), 377
Witwatersrand, see Rand
Wizard, The (Haggard), 216
women’s rights, 223
Woolls-Sampson, Aubrey, 324
World War I, 195, 248, 333–35, 341, 347–55
Allied espionage in, 108, 352
FRB’s recruitment work in, 348–52
submarine warfare in, 334, 341, 347
U.S. declaration of war in, 352
use of poison gas in, 353
World War II, 366, 371
Wounded Knee massacre, 114
Wyoming, 114, 361
Yale University, 307
Yaqui Indians, 312, 321–24, 326–27, 331–33, 359
Yaqui Land and Water Company, 322–24, 328–29, 331, 334–35, 355, 356–57, 359–60
Yaqui River, 321–22, 330
Yaqui Valley, 312, 315, 321, 323–24, 328, 330–31, 333–35, 340, 356–57, 360
Yellowstone National Park, 365
Yukon, 2, 239
gold rush in, 223–35
subzero temperatures of, 223, 230–31, 234–35
Yukon River, 224, 225–26
Zambezi River, 119, 151, 166, 180, 184–89, 220, 236, 344
Zambia, 132, 188
Zanzibar, 126
Zapata, Emiliano, 327
Zimbabwe, 132, 168; see also Rhodesia
zinc ore, 112
Zululand, 210, 212
Zulus, 134, 145, 152, 173, 179, 210–12, 364
Zurfontein, 266–6